> And I'd almost rather break a bone
>than eat a bowl of pasta (and it used to be my favorite!).

    I get the mental image of Mafia Enforcers coming over to your house and
cooking a big plate of spegghetti.  I've broken a bone before, but I have
yet to be forced into eating a plateful of pasta.  I had a small piece of
potato that I mistook for bacon Monday, but I don't think it was large
enough to do anything.  Just in case, I'm on pure-meat today.